Window-reflector



(Model) WITNESSES dwa A. G. MOODHE. WINDOW REFLECTOR.

. Patented Oct. 18,1881.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.-

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW e. MOODHE, 0E STILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

WINDOW-REFLECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,492, dated October18, 1881. Application filed July 20, 1881. (Model) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW GUSTAF MOODHE, of Stillwater, in the countyof Washington and State of Minnesota, have invented certain usefulImprovements in Window-Beflectors, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my-invention is to provide a new and improved windowreflector or mirror which can be adjusted in its inclination to thewindow and in its inclination to the vertical plane.

The invention consists in a window-reflector composed of two mirrors,each pivoted at the middle of the ad oining ends to a plate in which asmall shaft is loosely mounted, having a hand-wheel on one end and apinion at the other end, which pinion engages with two curved rackspivoted to the inner sides of the mirror, whereby the inclination orangle of these two mirrors will bevaried by rotating the pinion. Thelower ends of the mirrors are connected by small wires with a transverse strip pivoted to the lower end of the plate to which the mirrorsare pivoted, and provided with a small shaft with a hand-wheel at theend for changing the vertical inclination of the mirrors, as will bemore fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a 'plan view of the under sideof my improved window-reflector. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The mirrors A A are hinged to strips A pivoted at the middle of one edgeto a plate, B, in the middle of which a rod or shaft, 0, is looselymounted, and has a small hand-wheel, D, at the outer end, and a pinion,E, at the inner end. This pinion engages with the curved racks F F,pivoted to the inner surfaces of the mirrors A. One rack is above thepinion and the other below it, and the racks are held on the pinion bythe clips G, of which one is arranged at the end of each rack, andsurrounds the opposite rack. A strip, H, is pivoted to the lower end ofthe plate B, and the ends of this strip are connected by links J withthe lower corners of the mirrors A. The strip H is provided with ahandle-rod, K, with a hand-wheel, L, at the end.

The operation is as follows: The reflector is fastened on a suitableframe outside of the window in such a manner that the pivoted ends ofthe mirrors are nearest the window. If the angle of inclination to thewindow and to each other is to be changed, the hand-wheel D is turned,thereby turningthe pinion E and drawing the free end of the mirrors toeach other, or separating them, according to the direction in which thewheel D is turned. The rack and pinion lock the several parts in anydesired position. Thus if the person looking into the. reflector wishesto see objects at a considerable distance from the same the outer endsof the mirrors are drawn together, and if objects near the reflector areto be viewed the mirrors are to be separated. The inclination of themirrors to the vertical plane must be varied accordingly as objects a'less or greater distance from the ground are to be viewed, for in theformer case the mirrors must be inclined downward toward each other, andmust approach the vertical position as the object is a greater distancefrom the ground. These adjustments can be accomplished by turning thehand-wheel L, for thereby the strip H swings on its pivot, andconsequently draws the lower corners of the mirrors A toward each other,whereby the mirrors are inclined, the same turning on theirpivots on theplate B.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In a window mirror, the combination, with themirrors A and plate B, of the plates A, the shaft 0, the pivoted racksF, and the shaft (J, provided with the pinion E at its up per end, andhand-wheel D at its lower end, substantially as and t'orthe purpose setforth.

2. In a window-reflector, the combination, with the mirrors A, pivotedat theirlower ends to the plate B, and the pinion E on the upper end ofthe shaft 0, of the racks F, provided with the clips Gr, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

, 3. In a window-reflector, the combination, with the mirrors A A,pivoted to the plate B, of the strip H,pivoted to the plate B, the linksJ J, attached to the ends of the strip H, and to the lower adjoiningcorners of the mirrors, the shaft K, and the hand-wheel or equivalent,L, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

ANDREW GUSTAF MOODHE.

Witnesses:

GRAcE LOWELL, O. W. FALLEY.

